The Government is stepping up its warnings over the dangers of leaving the EU, with a fresh analysis by officials concluding that any of the alternative arrangements for relations with Europe would leave Britain worse off.

The paper - which looks at arrangements adopted by Norway, Switzerland and Canada as well as the option of falling back on World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules - is expected to say each would carry serious risks if they were adopted by the UK.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the "hard-headed analysis" showed that it was working people who would pay the price - with lost jobs and higher prices - if the country votes for "out" in the referendum on June 23.

'POOR TRACK RECORD' FOR UK IN EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

The UK has lost more than three-quarters of its cases in the European Court of Justice, according to analysis by the pro-Brexit Vote Leave campaign.

The campaign group found that since joining the European Economic Community in 1973, the UK has lost 101 of 131 cases in the Luxembourg court - some 77%.

Justice minister Dominic Raab, who is backing the Leave campaign, said the rulings "undermine a basic principle of democracy" because the judges are not held to account in the UK.

LEAVING EU MORE RISKY THAN STAYING, SAYS CBI PRESIDENT PAUL DRECHSLER

any questions about the consequences of the UK leaving the European Union remain unanswered, but Brexit poses a far greater risk than remaining, according to a business leader.

Confederation of British Industry (CBI) president Paul Drechsler is to set out why full access to the EU Single Market has benefited consumers in this country.

He will tell the Lord Mayor's Trade and Industry Dinner in London that June's vote will have consequences that stretch far beyond the life of this Parliament.

SUPER TUESDAY WINS SEE TRUMP AND CLINTON DOMINATE WHITE HOUSE RACE

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton moved closer to winning their parties' nominations with a series of victories in the Super Tuesday elections, the biggest day of the primary campaign.

Mrs Clinton won seven and Mr Trump at least six states as they distanced themselves from party rivals and looked ahead to a November presidential election showdown.

Mrs Clinton also won the Democratic caucus in American Samoa, picking up 73% of 223 votes cast on the South Pacific island chain.

SENIOR TORIES URGE GEORGE OSBORNE TO CUT TAX FOR HIGHEST EARNERS AGAIN

George Osborne should slash tax for top earners further still, say senior Tories after figures showed a cut from 50p to 45p raised an additional £8 billion.

The Chancellor said income tax data for 2013/14 "completely" defied predictions made by Labour that cutting the rate would cost £3 billion and give top earners an average £10,000 tax cut.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) had previously assumed cutting the rate to 45p would cost £100 million, a stance backed by the Office for Budget Responsibility.

PILOTS URGE TESTS TO SHOW RESULTS OF DRONE HITTING PASSENGER JET

Airline pilots are calling for tests to be carried out to discover what would happen if a drone hit a passenger jet, amid a recent spate of near misses.

The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) wants the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to back research into the possible consequences of such a collision.

Former RAF and British Airways pilot Steve Landells warned that a drone hitting an airliner could result in an uncontrolled engine failure or a smashed cockpit windscreen.

WORKERS MAY NEED TO RETIRE AS LATE AS 81 FOR PENSION LIKE PARENTS', REPORT FINDS

Workers in some parts of the UK face working the best part of a decade longer than others to maintain their current living standards when they retire, according to a report.

The findings raise the prospect of some people having to "work until they drop" to sustain their current lifestyles.

An average earner who starts saving for a pension aged 22 and makes the minimum statutory contributions would need to work until the age of 77 to get the sort of "gold standard" pension enjoyed by many of their parents' generation, the research from Royal London found.

STORM JAKE TO SWEEP IN BRINGING SNOW, ICE AND 70MPH WINDS

Ice, snow and 70mph winds are set to blight the Wednesday morning commute as Storm Jake sweeps in, forecasters said.

The Met Office has issued yellow "be aware" warnings for snow and ice for much of northern England and northern Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with up to 5cm expected in many places, rising to 10cm on higher ground.

There is a yellow warning of wind covering south-west England and south Wales as squally weather arrives from 8am, bringing widespread inland gusts of up to 50mph and coastal gales of 70mph.

'FIVE YEARS OF ZERO GROWTH' FOR INCOMES OF POORER HOUSEHOLDS

Poorer households are facing a five-year period of zero growth in their incomes after inflation is taken into account, according to a new report from a respected economic think-tank.

Planned cuts to benefits and tax credits mean that incomes for those near the bottom of the income ladder will remain constant in real terms over the period between 2015/16 and 2020/21, while those near the top enjoy an increase of 2.3% a year above inflation, said the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

And the think-tank forecasts in a new report that the proportion of children in relative poverty will rise by eight percentage points and those in absolute poverty by three percentage points by 2020/21, almost entirely as a result of increasing hardship among families with three or more children who are hit hardest by benefit cuts.

SPACE STATION CREW RETURN TO EARTH AFTER 340 DAYS

Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth after spending almost a year in space, landing in barren Kazakhstan.

Their Soyuz capsule parachuted onto the central Asian steppes and ended a science-rich mission at the International Space Station that began last March and was deemed a stepping stone to Mars.

It was a triumphant homecoming for the American and Russian after 340 days in space.